Skilled Pikemen Don't Leash

And the system, after leaving the "Initial Town", once again turned into data and sneaked into the depths of this world.According to her, she is trying to analyze the world from a deep level, and at the same time, she is also planning to pay attention to the changes in the outside world through the network of the real world.Just like what Yi Guang had predicted before, Tan Lidou's actions will inevitably plunge Nihong and even the whole world into a huge storm.

[Completing human beings into data uploading and saving is to some extent the so-called 'immortal life'. If this technology is disclosed, it may even cause war. 】

While talking to itself, the system turns into a data stream and walks in the network world.Like a swimming snake lurking in the dark, she carefully avoided various counterattack defense programs and firewall systems, and finally reached her desired destination.

[However, before considering these, I'd better finish the most important thing first.Ah, even if it's a 'divine talent', it's still a secret... Aha, it's done. 】

After cracking the last line of defense, the system instantly broke into the deepest part of the game world - the room of the [-]th floor boss of "Aincrad".

"It's really interesting to be able to get here... But I also expected it. If I guessed correctly, you were the one who tried to attack this world yesterday, right? I didn't expect that in this world, there are still people who can communicate between data and entities." Switch, is it a newborn Bugster?"

The system transformed into the form of "Heroic Spirit Miyamoto Musashi" again in the space on the [-]th floor, and at the same time, a magnetic male voice came to her ears.This voice has just set off a huge wave in the game and the real world.

The president of "Icarus Technology Company", the developer of "Player Driver", and the creator of this world, is the same genius as Kayaba Akihiko, even far surpassing him, Tan Rito.Now, this man who calls himself "God" is standing in front of the system.The current him is different from before. He took off his armor and revealed his true face. He has an extraordinary temperament, and his gentle appearance makes him look like a highly educated social elite.Those who don't understand it will never think that there is a twisted and crazy heart hidden under the appearance of such a modest gentleman.

However, the system knows everything about him.Of course, he also understands his true psychology hidden under that madness, as well as his ultimate goal.Because of this, the system chose to meet him.But she didn't tell Yi Guang about this, just like she didn't tell Yi Guang that she met the Demon God King after the world quest of "FGO" was over... Some things, she can do it alone, tell Yi Guang Light is not a good thing.

After all, Yi Guang's behavior style is really too straightforward.

"It's our first meeting, Mr. Tan Lidou, I took the liberty to interrupt. However, please don't be too wary of me. I came here with good intentions. At least for now, your and my interests are the same. My plan for you , and have a general understanding, so I also hope to be able to participate in this plan." Facing Tan Lidou's somewhat wary eyes, the system said calmly.

"Don't be kidding, I won't trust someone with unknown background like your Excellency. Don't think that you are qualified to negotiate terms with me because you have broken through my defense system." Tan Lidou waved his hand slightly, "Create the world, But the work of God, and the qualifications to become God, not everyone has it.”

"God's qualification? With all due respect... No one can talk about the word 'God's qualification' in front of me." The system sneered, "President Tan thinks very highly of himself, without evidence, of course I can't convince you, In this case, I can only speak on my own merits."

As she said that, the system stretched out her hand, and a golden ripple burst out from her palm, which vaguely contained a large number of small and dense data streams.The ripples spread to the entire space in an instant, and Tan Lidou couldn't help changing his face the moment he felt the data flow, the light flashed, and the black and white mechanical power armor covered his whole body again.

Chapter 400 The world in chaos

When the game world is undergoing drastic changes, the outside world is equally crazy.

As previously analyzed by Yi Guanghe, when the "Icarus Technology Company" announced everything that happened in the game to the world through the media and the Internet, the whole society fell into chaos.It's not just ordinary people who feel at a loss about this, those big shots who usually sit firmly on the Diaoyutai have also begun to have a lot of thoughts.

Ordinary people only pay attention to the life and death of those players and the progress of the whole situation.However, those elites in the upper class of society turned their attention to the game itself.

The digital technology of human entities converts the whole body and soul into data, puts them into the world of computer network, and exists as another form of entity.This sounds unbelievable, but... it really exists now.Be it politicians, scientists, businessmen... These high-ranking people in different fields and controlling the main resources of the social system have shown greedy and ambitious eyes towards "Icarus Technology Company" itself.

Then they were given a slap in the face by Mawei.

"Since everyone is not prepared to abide by the game user terms and game rules formulated by the company, then don't blame me for using the GM authority. Before the new era comes, it's okay to let you see what real power is... Cultivation! "

Facing the police who surrounded the "Icarus Technology Company", Kayaba Akihiko made the above speech expressionlessly, and then he and the staff of the "Icarus Technology Company" behind him, in a burst of sound and light As a result, it turned into a strange warrior with armor and weapons, similar to the players in the game.Kayaba himself's transformation form is obviously much more advanced than those ordinary employees. His appearance looks like a dragon that often appears in games, but he also has some bird characteristics. It is densely covered with patterns like dragon scales.And the "player drive" installed on his waist also looks more advanced than other people's.

Then, this originally weak scientific research genius threw a police car out with one hand.The policemen who surrounded them suddenly fell into a daze.

"Aren't you envious of such a powerful power? Don't worry, I will soon share this power bestowed on us by the president. We don't want to kill people... Cultivate, proliferate, infect!"

When the police were in a state of confusion, Kayaba Akihiko, who had transformed into a half-dragon monster, removed the special type of "player driver" from his belt, and equipped it on the slot on the back of his hand.Following his instruction, an orange, unknown light like a stream of data erupted from the "virus drive".These rays of light are not like the "position" that forms an enchantment with the rays of light emitted by the system and Tan Lidou, but are floating around like dust. When the police and nearby people react, the "position" formed by these data "Dust" has fallen on them.

"What is this... ahhh!"

"What's wrong, my body...is so uncomfortable!"

"Help……"

If it is the system, or someone who knows the origin of Bugster sees this scene, they will know that Kayaba Akihiko is equipped with a real "virus driver".As the name suggests, this kind of drive can not only transform people into powerful armor, but more importantly, it can cultivate Bugster viruses.And now, it is the Bugster virus that floats out from the "virus drive".

The surrounding crowd groaned in pain, they fell to the ground one after another, and the surface of their bodies began to emit light like flashing data streams.Soon, their bodies turned into a phantom, but they condensed into entities again in an instant.

However, after regaining the entity, people can no longer be called human beings.They turned into humanoid monsters like Akihiko Kayaba's group, showing the characteristics of various animals or machines.

"How can ordinary humans fight against Bugster? It's really stupid... The rules of the game set by the president are not allowed to be broken. The sales of "Sword Art Online", the investment in advertising, and the maintenance of the server, these cannot be slack .”

"Yes, Director Kayaba..." The weird people around, including those who had just transformed from the police and the public, all agreed.

The incident spread through the media and the "Icarus Technology Company", and the public opinion turmoil in the entire neon community escalated again.It's not just the players in the game who are affected, even the real world has been affected, and real supernatural existences have appeared.This is a bigger challenge for everyone.

Bugster, a virus from another world, has become a terrible weapon in the hands of Akihiko Kayaba, who is the spokesperson of "Icarus Technology Corporation" in the real world.Whether the Neon government sent the police or the Self-Defense Forces to the "Icarus Technology Company", they were all infected and transformed into mature Bugsters. Ordinary people in the country have become Kayaba Akihiko's loyal subordinates.In just a few days, "Icarus Technology Company" successfully occupied the capital circle, and formed a monster army composed of Bugsters, completely surrounding the entire capital circle.

The Neon government, and even the US military stationed on the Neon Islands, have nothing to do about it.If you continue to send people to attack, you will only continue to pass people and weapons for the opponent.Human beings who are transformed into Bugsters, no matter what ideas they had before, will only be loyal to Akihiko Kayaba after transformation... No, to be more precise, they will be loyal to Tan Rito who is behind Akihiko Kayaba.

The monsters produced after the Bugster virus matured not only have a shape similar to human beings, but also have intelligence that is no less than human beings, and also possess power far beyond human beings and various strange abilities.At the same time, while they were being transformed, they took away a large number of weapons that originally belonged to the SDF and the U.S. military, and used some unknown computer program to seize the control and fire authority of these weapons.

Your weapons and soldiers are very good, but the next second will be mine... This is what happened to the Neon government and the US imperialist garrison during this period of time.There was no saying that they were killed in battle, and the other party almost didn't kill anyone, but they plunged the entire Neon into panic and crisis.Especially after they completely occupied the capital circle, the neon government was almost completely paralyzed, and any decree and decision-making could not be passed on to the local area.The capital circle, which is enough to control the lifeline of Japan, instantly became an isolated island.

"This is no longer a normal security incident, even a riot! This is a war, a war between humans and unknown monsters. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is an alien invasion!"

After realizing what happened and completely losing contact with their own government, Neon’s representative to the United Nations described the crisis that happened in Neon’s homeland to the representatives of various countries with a sad and helpless expression at the UN meeting.Facing a situation completely beyond human imagination, the neon government had no choice but to seek help from the international community.

Then, the representatives of the five countries on the highest seat of the UN Security Council looked at each other in unison, each with a light of good intentions in their eyes.However, the current difficult situation has caused the representatives of the five major countries to fall into a brief moment of silence and thought.They need to think about how to report what happened in Neon to their own country, and how to prevent others from interfering in this matter at this conference table.

At this time, everyone in this conference room had a premonition that no matter how this matter ended, a new era was coming.Before that, everyone was pursuing the maximization of interests... After all, this is the fundamental essence of international diplomacy.

However, the thoughts in these people's hearts were quickly changed, and they stopped meaningless plans and fights.Because, relying on its mysterious and unpredictable technological power, "Icarus Technology Company" sent a secret contract directly to the office computers of the leaders of various major countries.

What is the content of this contract, no one knows, and the world does not even know whether this contract really exists.As you all know, more than a month after this incident, the "Icarus Technology Company" announced that they would not expand outside the capital circle, and the Neon government, under the pressure of the United Nations, promulgated series of decrees.These laws stipulate that the game body of "Sword Art Online" and the "player driver" that runs the game can be legally sold and played within the capital circle, and the neon government will ensure the smooth and convenient sales channels of the game.However, correspondingly, neither the government nor the "Icarus Technology Company" strictly prohibits game devices and cassettes from leaving the blocked area of ​​the capital circle.

This series of measures has made the neon metropolitan area an "experimental field". Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is actually a compromise from the neon government to Bugster.Marked by the circulation of "Sword Art Online" and the blockade formed by the Bugster army, the capital circle has become a de facto independent area.

The subsequent events further confirmed this point of view, that is, the arrival of the United Nations delegation.Several major countries each sent a group of representatives to the already blocked capital circle, and became a new batch of "Sword Art Online" player members.Obviously, these are also part of the agreement. As long as these so-called delegation members are not fools, they all know why they are here and participate in the game.

Everything seemed to be running step by step according to the plan of the man who claimed to be "God".

Chapter 401 What I Wasted These Years Isn't Point Cards, It's Time and Energy

"Pfft..."

The cold tip of the spear cut across the air, and the sharp blade pierced through the flesh, making a slight sound.Then, the body of the wolf-shaped monster that Yi Guang had just killed turned into light particles and disappeared into the air.Under the guidance of a certain force, those scattered light particles gathered towards the "player drive" on Yi Guang's waist, and were finally absorbed into the cassette in the slot.At the same time, a light curtain suddenly appeared in front of Yi Guang, and the text on it showed that he had upgraded from Lv.7 to Lv.8.

This is his hard work in the past three days. Four days have passed since the death game started.The outside world has gradually fallen into chaos, while the world in the game has fallen into despair.A large number of players fell into depression after refusing to accept the reality. Most of them stayed in the "Original Town", squandering the "Kole" that came as a bonus when they bought the first edition of "Sword Art Online" ——The common currency of the world.

That was originally a part of the special novice gift package that the game company gave to the players of the first version according to the usual practice.The original intention is to let them have a start-up capital, which can allow them to accumulate basic resources faster, which can be regarded as a small reward for this batch of first-time supporters.But now, these depressed players are using the funds to buy drunk, to indulge in sensuality, and to escape from reality.

In this game world, players need to eat, drink and sleep just like in the real world.And various shops in the town will also provide corresponding services, including taverns, hotels, restaurants, and even some indescribable places.Those players who escape from reality and are unwilling to level up spend their limited money in these places every day, wasting their time, and gradually fall into trouble.

Although all the players have resentment towards Tan Lidou and his crazy plan, everyone has to admit that this man does have amazing talents.The world he created may be immature in the eyes of a high-level being like the system, but in the eyes of these ordinary players, even a demigod like Yi Guang who is not good at creating things, it is no different from the real world up.A small town with a European medieval style, not to mention the bustling but still lively streets, all kinds of shops and stalls, pedestrians and vendors coming and going... everything looks like the real world, the only thing that makes people notice the violation It is probably those who are called NPC by the players, the aborigines of this world, their behavior still shows some traces of rigidity and stylization.

And this, perhaps, is exactly what the creator of this world, Tan Lidou, wants to accomplish.Collect as much data as possible, especially human emotion data, so that these NPCs can truly have human emotion and self-thinking ability.

Creating truly intelligent creatures and endowing life with intelligence is the most difficult step in creating the world.In the memory of the ancient gods who created the world, it was explained like this.For most gods and demigods, they can't do this step, so their world is lifeless, and can only rely on the souls of intelligent creatures vassal to them to provide vitality to the world, just like the ones depicted in many myths. Like the "Kingdom of Gods", the "Dreamland of Yanan" established by the ancient gods is also to some extent the same.

Therefore, for Tan Lidou to do these things, it is not impossible for Yi Guang to understand that person's motives.It's just that understanding never means approval. Understanding is often easy, but approval is always difficult.No matter from the principle of being a human being or considering the interests of completing the task, Yi Guang must defeat Tan Lidou.And to do that, you have to break the game.

Yi Guang is working hard for this, and besides him, there are also a considerable number of active players who are doing the same thing as him.These existences that are completely different from the escapist guys in "The Original Town" are collectively referred to as "active players", and quite a few of them are beta testers.

With combat experience and skills that surpassed almost all players in this game, Yi Guang's upgrade speed was significantly faster than other players.At present, when most of the active players are still messing around between Lv.3 and Lv.4, Yi Guang has already upgraded to Lv.8 first, and the only ones who can get a little closer to him are those who participated in the game. For the closed beta, players who are familiar with the content of the first 35 levels of the game are already here.Speaking of these internal beta players, Yi Guang couldn't help but think of Kirito who happened to meet that day, and didn't know how he was doing now. The game map of "Sword Art Online" is extremely large, and the first floor is the largest among all the floors. Just the "Initial Town" can easily accommodate more than [-] players to live and live in it for a long time. You can see its map It's vast.Under such a premise, it is quite normal for Yiguang and Kirito to fail to meet each other.

"I hope this guy is well..." Yi Guang sighed softly, then shook his head, "Forget it, the so-called fame and fame, in the future, everyone will get ahead in the game world, and once they become famous, they will naturally meet each other. Now is not the time to think about such things, I'll continue to level up and go up every day... This game is really slow to level up."

I don't know if it is to be as real as possible, but the upgrade speed of this game is very slow.Even in the current novice stage, which is theoretically the easiest to upgrade, ordinary players can upgrade at about one level a day, and even an expert like Yi Guang can only upgrade at less than two levels a day.In the original book, Kirito and others were trapped in the game for two years before they rose to Lv.90 and reached the fifth floor of No.70.Now that this game has been magically modified, I am afraid that the customs clearance time will be longer, and the casualties will be more tragic, right?

While storing the materials dropped by those wolves just now from the ground, Yi Guang expressed concern about the time it would take him for this mission.Although there is no equipment in this game, after these monsters are killed, there is still a chance to drop some materials, which can be sold in shops in towns for currency.At the same time, if you go to a high-level area in the future, the materials dropped by monsters can be synthesized into corresponding strengthening modules according to the formula.Therefore, touching the corpse after killing the monster is still a good habit in this game.

Although for Yi Guang's poor character, he definitely couldn't find anything good.

"The task is done again, it's time-wasting running back to the city..."

Yi Guang, who was about to move on, suddenly received another message from inside the game, which made him look helpless.Although it is currently in a digital form, Yi Guang's physical fitness as a demigod has been completely copied into the real game world.Therefore, Yi Guang does not need to rest after continuous raids like other players. He can continue to fight without sleep, which is one of the reasons why he upgrades so quickly.After all, being restless and sleepless means that he has twice as much strategy time as ordinary people, so he can naturally distance himself from other players.

But even so, it was a waste of time, which happened to Yi Guang from time to time.Because, the map of this game... is really, too big.

It took Yi Guang half an hour to go back to the city to hand in the task.

Although there are props such as "City Return Crystal" in the game, the price is not cheap, at least in this novice period where everyone is poor, no one will waste precious Cole on such one-time magic props .Therefore, even Yi Guang had to rely on his own two legs to trot all the way back to the city to hand in the task after completing the task.

In short, it was quite a painful situation, and a lot of precious time was wasted in the process of running errands and handing over tasks.In the era of traditional computer online games, everyone hated such a huge map and the behavior of forcibly prolonging the game time and wasting point cards.Now in the world of "Sword Art Online", players have even begun to complain about the reason why the producer made the map so large. After all, in this real game world, it is not only the players' time that is wasted by running around. , and physical strength.

"Thank you for your help, young man, this is your due reward."

After returning to the town where the task map division was located, Yi Guang sat down at a random place in the tavern after receiving the reward from the old NPC.Although in terms of his physical fitness, whether to eat or not to sleep or not will not be a problem in a short period of time, but since he has returned to the town, there is no need for Yi Guang to regard himself as an ascetic.

But not long after he sat down, he was attracted by the conversation of a group of people nearby.Although at this point in time, most players are still in a state of confusion and escaping from reality, the number of active players is not too small. Therefore, it is common to meet other players in regional town strongholds to talk about mission knowledge.This world is quite vast, with a large number of NPCs scattered everywhere, and a large number of hidden bosses and unexplored maps waiting to be discovered, so this kind of loose information exchange between players is sometimes very important, and players also need to communicate with each other. Gradually because of this form, we have the most preliminary contact.

For example, what Yi Guang heard now was rumors about a certain field boss.

"Have you heard? In the East Village, someone discovered a field boss with a level of ten. They are currently recruiting people to challenge it."

"I've also heard that the wild boss seems to be a gatekeeper. If someone receives a mission and defeats this boss, a hidden maze will be opened."

"Hidden maze? Oh, needless to say, there must be richer rewards than ordinary mazes..."

Listening to the conversation of these people, Yi Guang couldn't help showing some interest.After all, this game has been started for several days. Yi Guang has been running errands and killing mobs. He has never seen what kind of boss in this world.

You might as well go and have a look. While satisfying your curiosity, you can also share some supplies.

Chapter 402 This is the first time I heard that there are games that discriminate against old players

The death game has been going on for three days so far. Although it seems like a long time, as I said before, the game map of "Sword Art Online" is so huge that it is almost one-to-one with the real world.For example, the "Initial Town" as the player's birthplace occupies about 15.00% of the area of ​​the first floor, but it is already similar to a large urban community, and the map area of ​​the entire first floor can be imagined.

Not to mention that there are a considerable number of hidden maps and underground labyrinth areas, which increase the workload of exploration in disguise.

The huge map increases the time for players to explore the map, and the monsters scattered everywhere increase the difficulty of exploration.In the current situation where the per capita level is not high and there are no mounts and vehicle functions, it is impossible to explore too many places with just two feet.Not to mention, more than 60.00% of the players are currently in a state of refusing to accept reality, and are nesting in the "Original Town" for passive standby activities.

Therefore, there are only about 4000 active players actively participating in exploration and strategy at this point in time.Nearly half of them belong to the so-called "mutual aid organization", which is the predecessor of the "army" in the original book.Although this organization is also carrying out exploration and strategy, but, firstly, their style is exclusive, and it is difficult for players who are unwilling to join them to get their information sharing; secondly, this organization's strategy is relatively conservative. Focus on the collection of various resources.

To sum up, there are only about 500 players like Yi Guang who are keen on upgrading and exploring maps.There are only about a thousand people with certain strength.Three days have passed, and there are still a large number of unknown areas and hidden elements on the map on the first floor.This game is not like in the original book. There is only one boss on each floor. According to the internal test evaluation issued earlier, there are a considerable number of maze bosses and field bosses scattered around the map for players to attack and obtain the materials needed for the game. ——Of course, correspondingly, the difficulty of the "floor master" boss is many times stronger than that of the original book.

For example, this wild boss, which is said to have been discovered during the daytime today, should be the first boss template monster to be discovered since the beginning of the game.Therefore, in a very short period of time, this boss became the focus of everyone's attention, but Yi Guang focused on leveling and rarely communicated with other players, so he didn't know until now.

"It is said that the group of people from the 'Mutual Aid Organization' discovered it when they were doing collection tasks in the valley over the East Village. According to the style of those guys, they probably wouldn't say it. However, they didn't expect that BOSS It's so powerful. After losing a team of troops, the remaining survivors were naturally afraid... As a result, they were noticed by other players when they fled in a hurry, and then they followed the clues to find the wild boss, and Also found the entrance to a maze."

It seemed that these players were preparing to gather their hands to attack the newly discovered wild boss, so Yi Guang could easily find out the general situation of the boss.It seems that the opponent is too powerful compared to the current player level, so apart from the "Mutual Aid Organization" recklessly going up to open a wave of monsters when they discovered it, resulting in the loss of six or seven people, no one has ever challenged it up.

After all, in this period, most of the active players are fighting alone. No one has established the "guild" organization yet, and the only established "mutual aid organization" seems to be discouraged after losing its people, so until now So far, the field boss named "Kobold Lord" is still at ease in that valley.

"Now some players have issued a call to gather people to attack the 'Kobold Lord'. How about it? Judging from your appearance, you should also be a relatively high-level player at present. Would you like to go with us as the first player found in the game? A BOSS will definitely drop some valuable materials."

After talking about the situation of the boss, these players took advantage of the opportunity and asked Yi Guang if he wanted to join them in tomorrow's hunt. Naturally, Yi Guang had no reason to refuse.Although it is just a field boss and does not involve the progress of the floor strategy, the materials and money dropped by the opponent are still quite impressive targets.

There is no concept of "equipment" in this game, but weapons still have different levels. Before the "Template Enhancement" at level [-] is enabled, the most important attribute for players, apart from their own level, is the level of their weapons.Whether it is upgrading the original weapon or creating a new advanced weapon, it is necessary to collect materials and spend a lot of col.Therefore, the materials dropped by the BOSS and the Cole rewards are still extremely attractive.

Even Yi Guang couldn't ignore the importance of these things.

"Since it is the world boss, it is of course impossible to conquer it alone. Since everyone thinks highly of me, of course I will not refuse everyone's invitation."

So, after a short rest, Yi Guang followed the players he met in the tavern to the valley where the wild boss was.Just as Yi Guang thought, when they arrived at the designated location, a large number of players had already gathered around the periphery of the boss area.

There, Yi Guang saw a familiar figure.

Kirito, the hero of the original novel, is also the first person that Yi Guang actually knows in this world.After a little consideration, Yi Guang walked up, patted the other party's shoulder, and met the other party's rather surprised expression without any surprise.

"Huh? You are... the foreigner brother at that time?!"